If you want to sit at home and play whatever music takes your fancy to whatever standard pleases you, then fine. Carry on, there's probibly millions of others out there doing the same. You releasing CD's of the music though, would not attract me to buy.

The reasons. Firstly, I see no passion or love for the music (no direction or concept yet), just a way of making money. If I am going to pay out my hard earned, then I want something more than a bit of round plastic in return. So, if you don't love it enough to go out and play it, I can't see why I would want buy it. What you see as paying your dues, I see as selling the music and, dare I say it, earning a living.

If you want to sit at home and make CD's without the road work, IMHO this is the wrong market. Why not do it in a market place where it is seen as acceptable practice, and it's more lucrative too.

I don't mean this to come over as being offensive, it's certainly not meant that way. Just a straight forward, up front honest answer to the point raised.

Good bit of market research, though.

Brian